De Garve Reviews

ResinousTeam67	4.5 De Garve Jolly Nun Belgian Style Ale Friday, March 29, 2024
ResinousTeam67	5 De Garve Happy Monk Belgian Style Ale Friday, March 29, 2024
roblanglands	5 De Garve Happy Monk Belgian Style Ale Tuesday, May 31, 2022
roblanglands	4.5 De Garve Jolly Nun Belgian Style Ale Tuesday, May 31, 2022
dimeon	2.4 De Garve Premium Bitter There is standard hop bitterness on the tongue, but really not much else. Not memorable. Thursday, June 13, 2019
dimeon	3.3 De Garve Naughty Walloon Nice sweetness, little bitterness and a good aftertaste reminiscent of peaches. Thursday, June 13, 2019
dimeon	3 De Garve Maltz & Waltz Light and slightly sweet.Not overly hopped, with some amber malts coming through. Thursday, June 13, 2019
dimeon	2.3 De Garve Jolly Nun Belgian Style Ale One has to ask what the point is of making a beer that is so close to the Happy Monk. Bland, little hops and slightly cidery. Thursday, June 13, 2019
dimeon	2.4 De Garve Happy Monk Belgian Style Ale Rather bland. Some medium dark malt taste and a hint of acidity. Lacks the complexity associated with the style. Thursday, June 13, 2019
dimeon	0.5 De Garve Golden Blonde Pours a dirty light straw with a big head. Nothing on the nose and not much on the tongue either. A little bit of malt and bitterness, but mostly sourness. Thursday, June 13, 2019
dimeon	2 De Garve Busy Bee Pine and honey on the nose, with pine dominating on the mouth. Unfortunately also a note reminiscent of dirty river water. Thursday, June 13, 2019
rlanglands	4.5 De Garve Jolly Nun Belgian Style Ale Thursday, February 1, 2018
rlanglands	5 De Garve Happy Monk Belgian Style Ale Thursday, February 1, 2018
AntonyWilson	2.1 De Garve Golden Blonde 330ml bottle: Pours a slightly hazy golden with frothy white head that retains well. Slight hay aroma with a note of papaya. Slightly astringent with a medium bitterness. Body is medium to light with a fizzy carbonation. Overall the beer is okay, nothing radical though. Sunday, October 29, 2017
Kalgat	3 De Garve Jolly Nun Belgian Style Ale Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Kalgat	3 De Garve Golden Blonde Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Kalgat	3 De Garve Happy Monk Belgian Style Ale Wednesday, August 9, 2017
AnonUser54728	0.8 De Garve Happy Monk Belgian Style Ale Aroma: Medium-light coffee, light caramel. Appearance: Clear, copper body. Thin, light-brown head, low retention. Flavour: High sourness, Medium-light vomit. Mouthfeel: Light body. Medium-light carbonation. Overall: No.no.no. 330 ml bottle, poured. 18A. Belgian Blond Ale Monday, July 27, 2015
ChewyBeer	2.3 De Garve Jolly Nun Belgian Style Ale Pours slightly hazy amber with almost no head. Slightly sour bread nose. Medium mouthfeel and low carbonation. Tastes a bit sour. Ok but not best belgian. Had to re-rate this, as I worked through it the sourness lingered more and more detracting from the taste. Saturday, February 28, 2015
aleksander9	2.5 De Garve Raspberry Delight -Bottle from league of beers- Pours a murky red with small white head. Aroma is raspberry candy. Round palate. Aftertaste is burnt wood, mold, cardboard, plastic, malt and red fruit. Overall: Okay, but the off flavors in the aftertaste is not good. Best beer i have had from De Garve. Wednesday, May 14, 2014
aleksander9	0.8 De Garve Happy Monk Belgian Style Ale Pours brown with small white head. Aroma is battery acid, dirty water and some extremely stressed belgian yeast. Aftertaste is very bitter, weird fruitiness, actually some chocolate and lasting metal finish. Overall: Just horrible.. Thumbs up for some chocolate. Monday, March 17, 2014
BEERMTB	0.5 De Garve Happy Monk Belgian Style Ale Bought two bottles at a bottle store in Groenkloof 0n 070302014.. The worst beer I ever had. My daughter also tasted and threw it away. Mine - straight down the drain. R66.00 I paid for drain pour, pigswill. No head, totally skunked, sour . Drink at your own peril Sunday, March 9, 2014
fiulijn	1.9 De Garve Happy Monk Belgian Style Ale Bottle from Loco Liquor in Blairgowrie, Johannesburg Hazy amber color, small head. Foul smell, some cabbage. Simple Ale taste, with light infection sourness, possibly fruity; low bitterness. Monday, November 11, 2013
aleksander9	2 De Garve Golden Blonde Blonde with Bad head retention. Yeasty Aroma. Medium palate with little carbonation. Spicy and dry finish. Saturday, October 26, 2013
AnonUser54728	3.6 De Garve Maltz & Waltz Aroma: Toasted light bread, dough. Appearance: Spare, fizzy, off-white head. Cloudy, dark yellow body. Initial Flavour: Light sweetness, medium bitterness, butter Finishing Flavour: Light sweetness, medium bitterness. Palate: Light body, lively carbonation, dry finish. Draught, taster. Joburg Festival Of Beer. 16E. Belgian Speciality Ale Sunday, September 22, 2013
AnonUser54728	3.8 De Garve Golden Blonde Aroma: Toasted bread, light floral hops. Appearance: Spare, fizzy off-white head. Good Lacing. Clear, light yellow. Flavour: Moderate sweetness. Moderate bitterness. Dry finish. Palate: Medium, creamy body Draught taster. Joburg Festival Of Beer. 6B. Blonde Ale Sunday, September 22, 2013
AnonUser54728	2.8 De Garve Jolly Nun Belgian Style Ale Aroma: Hay, light floral hops, orange, barnyard, spice, sour. Appearance: Spare, off-white head Clear, light yellow body. Initial Flavour: Light sweetness, moderate sourness, Finishing Flavour: Moderate sweetness, light sourness, dry finish Palate: Soft carbonation, watery, Draught, taster. Joburg Festival Of Beer Sunday, September 22, 2013
juliud	5 De Garve Jolly Nun Belgian Style Ale Tuesday, September 17, 2013
aleksander9	2.5 De Garve Jolly Nun Belgian Style Ale Beautiful golden colour with Nice white head. Aroma is loads of belgian yeast and some metal. Nice mouthfeel with medium carbonation. fruity belgian yeast finish. Overall: its okay! The yeast taste like they was really stressed. Need more components to stand out. Tuesday, September 3, 2013
AnonUser54728	3.1 De Garve Naughty Walloon Aroma: Toffee, caramel, lemon, butterscotch Appearance: clear, good lacing, yellow, thin head Taste: mild hops Palate: medium, medium dry Overall: I enjoyed this! 500ml on Tap Monday, June 10, 2013
SnorkWortel	1.8 De Garve Maltz & Waltz a very very sour tasting beer, but a beautiful looking one. keeps its head well, but the taste is too sour Saturday, March 2, 2013
Oakes	1.7 De Garve Premium Bitter Dark amber but not much head. Big overripe fruit nose. Similar palate but with burnt electrical wire, too. Not particularly good. Thursday, December 20, 2012
Oakes	2.4 De Garve Jolly Nun Belgian Style Ale Straw-amber and a little bit hazy. Aroma is phenolic, gluey-sweet and a little bit dirty. Taste is sweet, light phenols like bubble gum. Not flawed per se but not a great example. Thursday, December 20, 2012
Oakes	1 De Garve Happy Monk Belgian Style Ale Pale brown with slight haze. Plastic and petrol on the nose with light bubblegum. Sweet, burnt electrical wire, watery. No redeeming features. Sunday, December 16, 2012
Oakes	0.5 De Garve Golden Blonde Hazy dull straw. The aroma, sadly, is stacks of butter, totally vile. Taste is watery, buttery and really without redeeming qualifies. I’ve had zhigulyoskoye that is less nasty. Sunday, December 16, 2012
Beershine	0.8 De Garve Happy Monk Belgian Style Ale Bottle from store in Cape Town. Muddled brown and flat. Poignantly sweet aroma, Hubba Bubba syrup. Terribly flawed throughout. Heavy lingering fumy fermented bubble gum. Another drain pour :( ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Beershine	0.8 De Garve Golden Blonde Bottle from store in Cape Town. Golden blonde, yes, with oily film and a putrid heavy stench of sickening diacetyl and bubblegum syrup. The urge to dump before tasting is overridden by nothing but stupidity. The palate and flavors are slightly better, with a semblance of beer hidden beneath the awfully oily lingering butter and cake batter palate. Something went awry; the flavors hint that there might have been a good beer here at one time. It is apparently brand new too. Frightful and sad. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Tuesday, October 16, 2012
badgerben	3.4 Za Bier Brown/orange color with a large head. Dried bread aroma with light spice. Dry, grainy flavor. Light sourdough. Pretty solid. Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Atom	2.2 Za Bier 12oz bottle pours a murky amber/brown with a large tan head. Aroma bread, banana, spice, and malt. Some spice and maltiness but mostly tasting like a bitter ash tray. Thursday, November 17, 2011
LucyCorne	3.4 De Garve Premium Bitter A very nice beer, with good bitterness, which is rare with most South African attempts at bitters which tend to be too sweet in my opinion. Brilliant colour and finish. One of De Garve’s best beers, along with the Jolly Nun Belgian Ale. Tuesday, June 21, 2011
LucyCorne	2.9 De Garve Happy Monk Belgian Style Ale brown, hazy, nuts, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, lightly sour, medium body, average carbonation, Tuesday, June 21, 2011
LucyCorne	3.4 De Garve Jolly Nun Belgian Style Ale clear, minimal head, bread, dough,medium sweetness, lightly bitter, lightly sour, light body, thin feel, soft carbonation, Tuesday, June 21, 2011
mojoharper	3.4 De Garve Golden Blonde Pale, cloudy appearance with a strong cloves and spices nose, similar to Witbier. Initial taste is of cinnamon and then disappears rather quickly. Finish is toasty and satisfying. Solid beer that is quite refreshing. Wednesday, December 15, 2010